The Hon. Sir Evan Edward Charteris (29 January 1864 – 16 November 1940, Jesmond Hill,

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) was an English biographer, barrister and arts administrator. He published notable biographies of his friend

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and of

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Life

Evan Edward Charteris was the youngest child of

Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss Francis Richard Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss GCVO DL (pronounced ''weems'', rhyming with seems) GCVO (4 August 1818 – 30 June 1914), styled as Lord Elcho between 1853 and 1883, was a British Whig politician. He founded the Liberty and Prop ...

and Lady Anne Frederica Anson, second daughter of

Thomas Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield PC (20 October 1795 – 18 March 1854), previously known as The Viscount Anson from 1818 to 1831, was a British Whig politician from the Anson family. He served under Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne as ...

. Educated at

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, he was gazetted to a commission in the

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before spending 1887–88 at

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. Called to the Bar from the

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in 1891, he practiced at the Parliamentary Bar.''The Times'', 18 November 1940, p. 9 In 1886, he was one of the founders of the

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in London. From 1914 to 1918 he rejoined the Army as a Staff captain. He was made

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in 1919.''

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'' He became chairman of the Trustees of the

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in 1928, and chairman of the

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Board in 1934. He was also a Trustee of the

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and the

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. He was knighted in 1932, and in 1938 elected a member of the

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.Announcements
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141 (19 March 1938), p. 509 On 9 August 1930 he married Lady Dorothy Margaret Browne, the elder daughter of

Valentine Browne, 5th Earl of Kenmare Valentine Charles Browne, 5th Earl of Kenmare (1 December 1860 – 14 November 1941), styled Viscount Castlerosse from 1871 to 1905, was an Irish peer who served in the Senate of Southern Ireland, and was Lord Lieutenant of Kerry. Public life ...

and Hon. Elizabeth Baring, and the widow of Lord Edward Grosvenor.

Works

*(ed.) ''A short account of the affairs of Scotland: in the years 1744, 1745, 1746'' *''William Augustus, duke of Cumberland, his early life and times (1721-1748)'', 1913 *''William Augustus, duke of Cumberland and the seven years' war'', 1925 *''John Sargent: with reproductions from his paintings and drawings'', 1927 *''The Life and Letters of Sir Edmund Gosse'', London, 1931

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* * 1864 births 1940 deaths Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford British Army personnel of World War I British arts administrators Coldstream Guards soldiers English biographers Historians of Scotland Members of the Inner Temple People associated with the National Gallery, London People associated with the Tate galleries People associated with the Wallace Collection People educated at Eton College 20th-century King's Counsel Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery Younger sons of earls English barristers {{UK-historian-stub